Hananiah — the meaning of the Hebrew name חֲנַנְיָה

חֲנַנְיָה

Chănanyâh · pronounced khan-an-yaw' · Strong's H2608 · a man

Hananiah means Jah has favored.

Built from

חָנַן chânan (from, H2603) — properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior open in the lexicon ›

יָהּ Yâhh (and, H3050) — Jah, the sacred name open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or חֲנַנְיָהוּ; from H2603 and H3050; Jah has favored; Chananjah, the name of thirteen Israelites.

First appearance

1Chr 3:19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: (KJV)

Every verse that names Hananiah

28 occurrences in 28 verses — 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Jeremiah, Daniel

1Chr 3:191Chr 3:211Chr 8:241Chr 25:41Chr 25:232Chr 26:11Ezra 10:28Neh 3:8Neh 3:30Neh 7:2Neh 10:24Neh 12:12Neh 12:41Jer 28:1Jer 28:5Jer 28:10Jer 28:11Jer 28:12Jer 28:13Jer 28:15Jer 28:17Jer 36:12Jer 37:13Dan 1:6Dan 1:7Dan 1:11Dan 1:19Dan 2:17

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